Play-Doh Was Too Close to the Bone

It pains me to say this about N. Leroy Gingrich, Definer Of Civilization's Rules And Leader (Perhaps) Of The Civilizing Forces, but I think, maybe, perhaps, who knows, he might just have a wee touch of the pedant in him.

The reason that the whole Etch-A-Sketch kerfuffle is hanging around the neck of the Romneybot 2.0 like the ill-fitting collar on a pair of magic longjohns is that everybody born in America since 1960 has owned one of them. Nevertheless, in his attempt to enlighten the uneducated masses, Professor Gingrich took the time to explain the workings of a toy that any four-year old figures out in about 11 seconds.

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After this is all over, there might be a career for Gingrich as the host of a children's TV show. Perhaps he can be the new Captain Kangaroo, with his friends, Bunny Rabbit, Mr. Moose, Mr. Green Jeans, Grandfather Clock, and Auntie Invective, who comes on once a week to tell the kids what stupid losers they all are.